Chap 17: Sexual Disorders & Sex Therapy Flashcards
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cultivation theory
exposure to mass media makes people think that what they see there represents the mainstream of what real people are doing
framing theory
media defines what is “important” or not by what they cover
social cognitive theory
the media provides role models whom we imitate
selectivity
people select and pay attention only to certain media and messages
reinforcing spiral theory
social identities and ideologies predict media use AND media use affects our identity and beliefs
individualistic cultures
independence, autonomy, individual rights (US, Canada)
collectivistic cultures
interdependence, connections (Japan)
honor cultures
reputation, respect toward others (Middle East, Southern US)
How many cultures don’t kiss romantically or sexually?
54%
Inis Beag
Small island off coast of Ireland, no sexual knowledge
Mangaia
island in south pacific, sex encouraged
what are positive and negative sexual rights?
positive: freedome to pleasure
negative: freedom from violence
what is the sociobiology theory?
E.O Wilson
the application of evolutionary biology to understanding the social behaviors of animals, implies that sexual behaviors are under biological control
evolution theory?
producing lots of healthy, viable offspring to carry on one’s genes is important
sexual selection
Who will I make the best offspring with? competition, preferential choice, “attractive traits”
what are the 2 obstacles to reproductive success after male and female mate?
1) infant vulnerability
2) maternal death
what is the sexual strategies theory (evolutionary psychology, Buss)
we face different adaptive problems in short-term (casual, immediate resources) vs long-term mating and reproduction (resources for indefinite future)
gender-neutral evolutionary theory (gowaty)
our environments vary enormously from other humans and species across geographical spaces and humans’ lifetimes, individuals are flexible in their behaviors
psychoanalytic theory (freud)
- 2 major forces driving human behavior: libido (sex drive) + thanatos (death instinct)
- 3 parts of human personality: id (pleasure principle) + ego (reality principle) + superego (inhibits impulse and reminds ego of morals)
stages of sexual development
- oral stage (0-1) mouth
- anal stage (1-3) anus (poop)
- phallic stage (3-6) genitals; oedipus complex (boy want mom); electra complex (penis envy, girl want dad)
learning theory
classical conditioning (pavlov)
- US elicits UR. CS -> CR. (fetishes)
operant conditioning (skinner)
- behavior = the operant, followed by reward or punishment (pos or neg reinforcement)
behavior modification: based on classical or operant to modify problematic sexual behaviors
social learning (bandura): imitation of others and observational learning; success with an activity over time creates sense of competence (self-efficacy)
social exchange theory
Analysis of costs and rewards, relationships are exchanges of goods
cognitive theories
gender schema theory (bem): gender schema guide how we interpret, process, and remember gender-relevant info (can filter out stereotype-inconsistent info)
feminist theory
- gender as status and inequality
- sexuality repression for women
- strict gender roles
- intersectionality